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Hepatitis C Nearly Triples In US In 5 Years

The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

Politics

Danger! Your Toothbrush Contains Millions of Germs, Including FAECES

Buy a new toothbrush. Right now. Your current one probably contains faeces, herpes or even the virus responsible for...

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Health Service Warns of Dengue Fever

The Ghana Health Service has issued an emergency health alert, following an outbreak of a fever known as the dengue...

International

The Truth About ‘patient Zero’ and HIV’s Origins

Research has shown that HIV virus did not spread to US via patient zero. The man blamed for bringing HIV to the United...

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Ghanaian Doctor Claims He Has Found ‘cure’ For HIV/AIDS

A Ghanaian medical researcher claims he has found the cure for HIV-AIDS. Dr Ato Duncan says the efficacy of the trial...

International

Zika Virus Found In Italian Sperm

The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in...

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Focus On ZIKA Virus Not Montie 3

NPP-Canada expects the Mahama Administration to take urgent steps to douse the unnecessary man-hours being spent on the...

International

Zika Virus May Be Transmitted by Oral Sex & Kissing, Doctors Warn

A Zika case in France has led scientists to raise the possibility that the virus could be transmitted by oral sex and...

Africa & World

New Case of Ebola Confirmed in Liberia

A new case of Ebola has been found in Liberia, a country declared free of the disease on Sept. 3, a senior United...

Feature

An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”

Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat...

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[UPDATE] – Arrested and Humiliated Ebola Ghanaian Student Tested Negative for Ebola

A Ghanaian student in Czech Republic arrested, forced into a suffocating black polythene bag, wheeled away in a trolley...

Health

Synthetic Molecule Based Anti-Ebola Drug Developed By University of Utah

There's more hope that an Ebola-fighting drug is on its way. Biochemists at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in...

World News

More Ebola Outbreaks outside Africa – Nurse Infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested...

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Kofi Annan on Ebola – Travel Ban on Ebola Countries May Hinder Eradication

The Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Busumuru Kofi Annan has warned that if measures are not put in place now to...

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First Case Of Ebola Confirmed In Senegal

Senegal's health minister has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected...

Health

Africa Development Bank Supports Ebola Countries With $60M

The Deputy Health Minister Dr Victor Bampoe says the Africa Development Bank has earmarked $60m for countries affected...

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Dr Kent Brantly Scheduled to be Released From Emory’s Atlanta Hospital

The American doctor, Dr Kent Brantly, who was receiving treatment at Emory's University Hospital after contracting...